Why In News?

• A government notification informed that senior IPS officer Ajay Kumar Singh has been appointed as the new Director General of Police (DGP) of Jharkhand.

Key points:

=> He has been appointed as the new police chief of the state succeeding Neeraj Sinha, a 1989 batch IPS officer who retired on February 11.

=> Ajay Kumar Singh (1989 batch) is being transferred and posted as Director General of Police, Jharkhand, said a statement issued by the Home, Prisons and Disaster Management Department of Jharkhand.

=> Significantly, the Supreme Court in January disposed of a contempt petition against the Jharkhand government and former DGP Neeraj Sinha after the state government said it had received the names of three IPS officers from the UPSC and would appoint the new DGP on February 12. will be appointed.